Email Author Arielle Castillo

Awards

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 17, 2009

  "Black Metal Titan Satyricon Plays Club Cinema"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  "Taking Back Screamo"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 28, 2009

  "Iggy Pop: King of the Dogs"

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2009 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Q&A With Mixhell, Playing at White Room This Saturday

  published Nov 04, 2009

  Last week, we introduced you to Mixhell, the husband-and-wife DJ / remix / production team of Iggor Calavera and Laima Leyton. (Click here to read that intro, which included a link to the pair's most ... More >>

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  Win a Pair of Tickets to See AFI, and a Meet and Greet With the Band, at Pompano Beach Amphitheater November 18

  published Nov 04, 2009

  A.F.I. is playing in South Florida on November 18, at Pompano Beach Amphitheater. Longtime fans of the band are in for a treat, as recent fan reviews show the band's set list has spanned its (long!)... More >>

• The Black Death All-Stars

  published November 5, 2009

  And so continues DIY punks' fascination with bluegrass. Among a subset of youth that patches its own pants and enjoys hitchhiking to places... More >>

• Mixhell

  published November 5, 2009

  It's enough to make metal purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell, Iggor Cavalera cofounded seminal Brazilian... More >>

• Massachusetts hardcore band Converge plays Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

  published November 5, 2009

  Massachusetts hardcore band Converge at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre More >>

• Wish You Were There: Video of the NeckFace Opening and Afterparty on Halloween

  published Nov 03, 2009

  If you missed it, and it's your kind of thing, you missed out: NeckFace's Devil's Disciple opening at O.H.W.O.W. was one of the best parties on Halloween. And Busy P's set at the afterparty at Poplife... More >>

• The 2009 Miami Book Fair offers a strange brew of talent

  published November 5, 2009

  The 2009 Miami Book Fair offers a strange brew of talent More >>

• Global Cuba Music Fest Returns as Part of Sleepless Night on Saturday at the Fillmore Miami Beach

  published Nov 03, 2009

  A joint project by FUNDarte and the Miami Light Project, the Global Cuba Fest returns for its third annual edition this weekend. But where last year it was a multiple-day, stand-alone event with daily... More >>

• Lady Gaga Adds Second Miami Show, Broward Native Jason DeRulo as Tour Opener

  published Nov 03, 2009

  Lady Gaga's New Year's Eve show at the Knight Center is going to be one hell of a 2009 send-off. So, while tickets are available, all the good ones are long gone (what remains, basically is a bunch of... More >>

• Dashboard Confessional Postpones Tour; Show with NFG at Pompano Beach on Nov. 27 is Off

  published Nov 02, 2009

  The upcoming national outing headlined by New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional was going to be a showcase of '90s Broward and Palm Beach County heroes made good. But this past Friday, Dashboard ... More >>

• Big D and the Kids Table, Unlikely Survivors of '90s Ska, Play Propaganda November 10

  published Nov 02, 2009

  Frankly, the many-membered Boston act Big D and the Kids Table were not, at their inception, among the front-runners for survival of ska's so-called "Third Wave" in the '90s. The band started a litt... More >>

• Random Venue Review: Pulp Live

  published Nov 02, 2009

  This past weekend I made a belated first visit to Pulp Live, the venue on Oakland Park Boulevard that was known previously as the Metal Factory. I went to see friends play, so I won't review the actua... More >>

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  Q&A With Converge, Playing With Mastodon and Dethklok November 8

  published Oct 30, 2009

  To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's not because they appear clad in face paint or leather and chains -- this underground punk-bred foursome wou... More >>

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  Ultra 2010 Early-Bird Tickets on Sale Today at Noon -- Seriously

  published Oct 30, 2009

  I have a personal pledge not to think about Winter Music Conference until, shit, at least Art Basel Miami Beach, and, ideally New Year's are both over. Still, if you are absolutely, totally positive y... More >>

• MP3 of the Day: Black Metal Soundsystem Mix from Mixhell, Playing White Room November 7

  published Oct 29, 2009

  It's enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who co-founded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15... More >>

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  Q&A With Steve Lawler, Spinning at Gryphon Tonight

  published Oct 29, 2009

  With his Lights Out parties and releases, British super-DJ Steve Lawler ruled dance floors with a sound that lived up to that name. It was thumping, dark, and almost fiercely inward-looking -- it was ... More >>

• Wednesday Blog Watch: More on Alligator Alley's Closing, Fresh Basil Crew Wakes Up, and More

  published Oct 28, 2009

  *While Crossfade attended the Friday-night edition of Alligator Alley's closing party, Mood Vane went to the Saturday-night jam, featuring Stonefox. Check out a couple photos, a bittersweet recap, and... More >>

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  Review: Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry Screening at Miami Art Space, October 27

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry ScreeningMiami Art Space, Wynwood, MiamiTuesday, October 27, 2009Better Than: Shopping for remaindered Ed Hardy clothes in that sad sample sale/clearance trailer on US1 down so... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Junior Boys at the Vagabond on YouTube - in HD!

  published Oct 27, 2009

  Well, the contemporary flouting of respect for copyrights has provided one great thing. If you miss some big club or music event, you're sure to find it on the Internet, somewhere. "Amateur" videograp... More >>

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  CMJ Wrap-Up: The Big Guns' Coverage of South Florida Bands

  published Oct 27, 2009

  Just a few months ago, Awesome New Republic seemed the next South Florida band likely to strike big. But a few months is a million years in blog time, and somewhere in the last few real-time weeks, We... More >>

• Celebrate Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Legacy Tomorrow With a Documentary, Jacuzzi Boys, and Free Booze!

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Here's a last-minute heads up: Tomorrow night is the local screening of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry, the new documentary about the life and times of the tattoo legend. Born Norman Keith Collins, he became... More >>

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  The Performer At This Year's Free Basel "Art Loves Music" Concert is Likely Ebony Bones

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Heard of herr Neither had we. But a little birdie told us the London-based "jungle-punk" performer was scheduled to perform at this year's installment of the annual free "Art Loves Music" show, as par... More >>

• Let's Do it For Cheap

  published October 22, 2009

  *Up-and-coming "downtown soul" act Ketchy Shuby plays Buddhafest at Tobacco Road tonight in Miami; admission is $10. *Junior Boys at the... More >>

• Drop the Lime...Into My Drink

  published October 22, 2009

  Brooklyn's Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly... More >>

• Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of October 23 - 25: WOW POW, Junior Boys, Alligator Alley RIP, and More

  published Oct 23, 2009

  Friday, October 23*Local live hip-hop-ish duo the Big Bounce -- made up of piano man Brendan O'Hara and beatboxer Komakozie -- play tonight at the mod Moonchine in Miami. It's a restaurant, so admissi... More >>